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Fontevecchia Case

Argentina, Supreme Court.  14 February 2017 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — American Convention on Human Rights, 1969, Article 63(1) — Remedial jurisdiction of Inter-American Court of Human Rights — Whether Inter-American Court of Human Rights exceeding its limits — Whether Inter-American Court of Human Rights having power to annul ruling of domestic court — Res judicata — Argentinian Constitution — Fundamental principles of Argentinian law — Whether prevailing over treaty obligations — Extent to which judgments of Inter-American Court of Human Rights binding on State

International tribunals — Jurisdiction — Inter-American Court of Human Rights — Remedial jurisdiction — American Convention on Human Rights, 1969, Article 63(1) — Whether Inter-American Court of Human Rights having power to annul ruling of domestic court — Whether exceeding limits of jurisdiction — Whether Convention authorizing Court to order reversal of domestic judgment — Whether domestic court obliged to comply with ruling of Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Treaties — American Convention on Human Rights, 1969 — Whether Convention authorizing Inter-American Court of Human Rights to order reversal of domestic judgment — Obligations of State under Convention — Whether domestic court obliged to comply with ruling of Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Human rights — Right to privacy — Right to freedom of speech — Inter-American Court of Human Rights finding infringement of freedom of speech — Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordering annulment of ruling of domestic court — American Convention on Human Rights, 1969, Article 63(1) — Remedial jurisdiction of Inter-American Court of Human Rights — Whether limits of jurisdiction exceeded — Whether Inter-American Court of Human Rights having power to annul ruling of domestic court — Whether domestic court obliged to comply with ruling of Inter-American Court of Human Rights — The law of Argentina

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© Cambridge University Press 2020

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